Verbs and the types of Verbs
VERBS:
Definition: Verbs
are the most important component of any sentence. These words talk about the
action or the state of any noun or subject. This means that verbs show what the
subject is doing or what is the state or situation of the subject.
E.g.: He ran to the store. - Here the verb ran describes the action of the subject
‘he’
She is a
creative person. - Here there is no action being done. Instead the Auxiliary verb* ‘is’ shows the state of
the subject ‘she’ as being ‘creative’.
a. Action Verbs
These
verbs talk about what the subject is doing in the sentence.
Action Verbs are one of the most easily identifiable types of verbs. To
recognize them, you simply have to look for the word in the sentence that
answers the question ‘What is the subject doing?’
E.g.: Rose is painting the kitchen walls.
The
subject here is Rose, and what is Rose doing? Rose is painting. Hence painting
is our action verb.
More Examples
of Action Verbs: Do, Run, Sleep, Eat See, etc.
The list
of some of the commonly used action verbs and their forms are given in the
notes.
There are Two
types of Action Verbs which describe the Verb and the Subject doing the
action and the Object on which the action is done, they are -
a.1. Transitive Verbs: These Action Verbs have a definite
object on which, or for which the action is being performed. That means that
the action has a definite recipient or object. To identify them you can ask the
question what is (the/did) the subject -verb-?
E.g.: Haresh gave him a new phone.
Here we see that the action ‘gave’ is
being performed by the subject Haresh. So the question is what did Haresh give?
And the answer is - A New phone.
a.2. Intransitive Verbs: These
verbs also show an action but here there is no specific object on which the
action is being done. To recognize these verbs, we ask the question what is (the/did)
the subject -verb- ? If there is no answer present, then the verb in the
sentence is an Intransitive Verb.
E.g.:
· He
grew up.
· It
rained.
· The
baby was crying.
to be continued...
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· I
work for a large firm in Paris.
· They laughed uncontrollably.
· We
talked for hours.
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